, 1887-04-02
OUR RESOURCES.
What Cheyenne Has to Rely on for
the Future,
If Our People Make the Most of
Opportunities.

place on Sixteenth street yesterday in re-
ference to the present boom in this city
and what bias led to 1t, and THE LEADER
reporter was asked, "Why has this boom
been started, and what has caused it,"
The answer was, at was started be-
cause capitalists abroad have foresecn
what many of us at home have not seen
and cannot sec.'
In explanation of this it may be stated
hat men living in Omaha, Lincoln, Crete,
Denver and other places abroad have dis
covered, that not only has Cheyenne adj
vantages and source of her own such as
will make Of it a Hourishing town, but
that ii also possesses within itself the
means of making it such without refer
ence to anything else, and is also destined
in the near future to become quite a rail-
road centre.
What are some of the resources on
which Cheyenne can rely for the future2
To begin with. almost at our doors are
extensive lead mines which will yield 400
pounds of lead to the ton. All that is re-
quired to make of them a vast source of
revenue and wealth to Cheyenne is that
they be worked, and the time is coming
when they will be. Twenty miles away"
az T. Buchanan Read said Of Sheridan at
Cedar creek, lies what is destined to be-
come one of the l%iveliest and wealthiest
mining camps in the far West-Silver
Crown-and our people well know that
the time cannot be very far distant when
this fact will be universally conceded, and
when it is there will be such a boom right
at our own doors as vii, result in adding
thousands to the population of Cheyenne,
and will not only bring in capital, but the
great camp lying SO close to Cheyenne
will be tributary to it and will be supplied
from this point.
Going a little further away, yet still
near enough for everything to be tributary
to Cheyenne, look for n moment at the
fine rock q%uarries up along the line of the
Cheyenne & Northern, and then at the
newly discovered slate mines, and what a
vast story do they tell. And if this is
not sufficient, glance over the mica mines
which lie in about the same locality.
After these things have been consid
cred, turn then and take a look at Iron
mountain, a great mass OF almost solid
iron yielding 81 per cent ore, beside which
the far famed iron mountain Of Missouri
is but a mere hillock. Look at this, a
mountain which contains iron enough to
supply the continent for the next two gen
erations, only ffty-fve miles away and
tributary in every respect from a CONNER
cial and industrial standpoint to Chey-
enne.
What are the resources of Cheyenne,
and its natural advantages? Look at
those above enumerated and if you desire
sive coal and oil fields, all of which to-
gether with the lead mines. the gold and
silver mines, the stone, the slate, the
mica and the iron mountain, all are only
waiting for capital and development.
Then again it should be remembered
that the country around and tributary to
Cheyenne is fast becoming an agricultural
country. During the season Of 1886
thousands of acres of oats were grown on
Horse creek, tons of potatoes were raised
neal the foothills, and four acres ofwheat
even was grown almost in sight Of Chey-
enne. all of which proves what has al
ready been stated, mainly, that this is fast
becoming an agricultural country. These
facts appear to be patent to the whole
world except our " people, and while
men from abroad see these things they
also see that Cheyenne with its immense
wealth could almost in a day become a
thriving manufacturing town, and with
this they see the Burlington & Missouri
on its way to Cheyenne. They see that
the Northwestern has an eye on this city,
and back Of that the Milwaukee and St.
Paul looking over the map. And looking
southwest they see the Denver & Rio
Grande pushing north ON its way to
Greeley, and they see also that these roads
are looking in this direction for the very
reason that they see if we do not the
things which have been enumerated in
this article.
The writer recollects men who during
the war, after they had come out of bat
ties like those Of the Wilderness, Autie-
tam, etc. wero only able to tell that their
regiment or battery had been all cut
up" while other soldiers had observed
and seen enough to give a pretty fair his
tory OF the whole fight. 1t is somewhat
that way in Cheyenne. There are some
who can only see what is being done right
under their own noses, while others and a
great many people abroad can see and
comprehend the situation this city occu-
pies; what its resources, advantages and
prospects are, and have in some degree
acted accordingly. Hence the boom is
started because capitalists abroad have
f~oreseen what many of us at homo have
not seen and cannot see.
have used Chamberlaln's cough